Chance to co-produce a track with Mark Knight

[christoolroom]

If you’re serious about your music and are into making beats, we’ve got a BIG opportunity for you aspiring producers... Mark Knight & Toolroom Records have teamed up with Beatport, Future Music Magazine & Sonic Academy to launch a fresh and exciting ‘co-production’ competition - the first of its kind.
The idea of the competition is to give up and coming producers the chance to work with one of the industry’s leading artists, launch their music career with the world’s premier dance label and be financially rewarded for their work, receiving 50% of publishing and an equal share of artist sales royalties. Not a bad deal at all.
The mechanics of the competition are simple…
• Mark Knight has upload key parts of the project to Beatport and midi parts to Toolroom’s online store.

Beatport: http://tinyurl.com/mkbeatport
Toolroom: http://tinyurl.com/mkcompetition

• Entrants to finish track, name and upload to Beatport’s SoundCloud by the 15th July.
• No un-cleared samples to be used (full T&C’s relating to music for the competition will be avail on Beatport.com & djmarkknight.com)
• Winning track, as chosen by Toolroom, will be will announced on July 19th and released in physical & digital format as an ‘exclusive track’ on Mark Knight’s forth coming Toolroom Knights CD (out Oct 2010)

Winner receives:
• 50% of publishing & equal share of artist sales royalties
• $200 Beatport voucher
• Focal CMS 40 studio monitors from SCV distribution
• Soundcloud Pro account
• Native Instruments Maschine
• Annual subscription to Sonicacademy.com & 6 months personal mentoring
• Full PR & marketing campaign to launch their career


Mark comments:

“There seems to be an over saturation of remix competitions at the moment, but these aren’t really proving a spring board for people careers. With myself as a producer and Toolroom as a leading label, we felt we had the vehicle to offer up something innovative and put something back into the development of up and coming artists. The ethos of Toolroom has been one of finding and nurturing new talent - ala Funkagenda and Dave Spoon. We're looking for the stars of the future right now, so this co-production competition makes perfect sense.
With the 8 bar loop I’ve provided, I've laid down the backbone of the track with enough scope for interpretation. What I'm looking for is clever use of the parts, creative sound design with any new parts included and a good arrangement. Over to you guys...”

Log on to www.djmarkknight.com for full details of the competition

www.djmarkknight.com
www.toolroomrecords.com
www.beatport.com
www.sonicacademy.com


THE RULES
1. Download the production parts to Mark Knight production competition from 10th June 2010 - 15th July 2010. You may purchase the stems bundled at $1.99 USD. NOTE: You do not need to download the WAV files to enter but the stem(s) must be downloaded from Beatport.com in order to qualify for the producer contest. Productions created using illegally obtained stems will be disqualified from the contest.
2. Produce the track into your chosen style. All genres are welcome. it is the responsibility of each entrant to name the track they have worked on and upload.
3. Submit your production to http://soundcloud.com/groups/beatport-presents-mark-knight-co-production-competition MP3 files sizes are limited and may be no larger than 10 MB. Do not allow sharing of file when posting.
4. The download phase begins 10th June 2010 and ends 15th July 2010.
5. The submission phase begins on at 12.01AM MST and ends 15th July at 11.59PM MST.
6. Winner will be announced and notified by email on Monday 19th July 2010
7. Mark Knight will choose the winner, which is to be released as an exclusive track on Mark Knights forthcoming Toolroom Knights Mixed Compilation as well as the winner receiving the grand prize pack.
8. Productions using ‘uncleared’ samples will be disqualified. An ‘uncleared sample’ is a musical work, loop or sample that you do not own the copyright for (ie: you didn’t create it). You are free to use sounds that were created by you.
9. All productions submitted for this contest become the legal property of Toolroom Productions Ltd, any unauthorised use of these productions are strictly prohibited, no sharing of productions , posting on sites such as www.youtube.com or any other use other than for personal use. Any use other than personal, will require written agreement from Toolroom Productions Ltd.
10. Prior to any release, winner will be required to sign a full recording/producer agreement with Toolroom Production Ltd which will entitle the winner to a 50% artist royalty share with Mark Knight on this one winning production.
11.Publishing will be administered by Toolroom Publishing Ltd – a 50% share with Mark Knight, a single song agreement will be produced by Toolroom Publishing Ltd for signature prior to any release.
12. All trademarks and logos are protected. All rights of the producer and the owner of the recorded work are reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting of this record, mix or mix parts is strictly prohibited.
13. Your submission of a production in this contest constitutes your agreement to these Rules.
14. Neither Toolroom Production Ltd. nor Beatport accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, liability, injury or upset caused to or suffered by you as a result of entering the competition or winning the prize. Toolroom Production Ltd. and Beatport further accept no liability for any damage caused to any person’s computer or other electronic device relating to or resulting from downloading any materials, including so called computer viruses, in connection with this competition. Nothing shall exclude us from our liability for death or personal injury as a result of our negligence.

15. We may revise these Terms (and/or cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering prizes) if in our discretion the competition is not capable of being conducted as specified) at any time by posting changes online and you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.

16. This Promotion is sponsored by Beatport L.L.C. 1037-C Broadway.
Denver, CO 80203. Colorado law governs this contest and prize
winner(s) agree that any claims against Sponsors must be filed in the Central District of Colorado.


Terms agreed Toolroom Productions Ltd 07/06/10

[christoolroom]

Hey guys

Check out this video with Mark Knight giving the full low-down on the competition...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoE_-h7oLMo

[christoolroom]

We caught up with Mark for a quick chat about the competition and what he looks for in demos...

Tell us about the competition you’re running in association with Beatport to find new talent – why a co-production competition?

There seems to be an over saturation of remix competitions at the moment, but these arent really proving a spring board for people careers. With myself as a producer and Toolroom as a leading label, we felt we had the vehicle to offer up something innovative and put something back into the development of up and coming artists.

What does this competition mean to Toolroom as a label?

The ethos of Toolroom has been one of finding and nurtring new talent - ala Funkagenda and Dave Spoon. We're looking for the stars of the future right now, so this co-production competition makes perfect sense.

What are you looking for in the winning track ?

With the 8 bar loop Ive provided, I've laid down the backbone of the track with enough scope for interpertation. What I'm looking for is clever use of the parts, creative sound design with any new parts included and a good arrangement. Over to you guys...

Can you give some advice on common mistakes you hear in other demos sent to Toolroom

Its hard to give an overall analysis of do's and don'ts. Advice I would give, is to look at the record and see if you can squeeze get another 10% out of it. Is it the best record it can possibly be? And, the final bench-mark; would you draw for this record without hesitation in every set you play? If so, it's finished.

Lastly, a word of advice to the future DJs and producers out there?

Work hard because you get nothing for nothing.

http://www.toolroomrecords.com